antennas

You know that Louis C.K. joke about wifi on airplanes? He says, “It’s fast, and I’m watching YouTube clips. It’s…

Wireless technology is already amazing. It's any data you could ever want through the air. But some exciting…

When Google first announced Project Loon, its plan to cover the world in a blanket of Wi-Fi using internet balloons,…

There's a small army of adorable, little, (sometimes) phone-powered satellites out in space, circling the globe. And…

Wireless uploads of big files take for-ev-er. But researchers at Georgia Tech University have plans for an antenna…

It seems that there are some people that still just don't get it, so here's a photo to illustrate it. This image…

Between cable, Boxee, and Hulu, there's never been more ways to watch your favorite TV shows. So why are so many…

Old cell towers are big, ugly, and inefficient. But the wireless wizards at Alcatel-Lucent say they've found a…

An executive at a Mexican cellphone carrier Telcel claims that Apple has a revised iPhone 4 coming late September…

Good cell service is hard to come by, especially in NYC, but five bars won't do much good when you're DEAD. Some New…

Seems there's more to that $100 million antenna testing lab than Steve Jobs let on the other day. Much more, and an…

Untraceable infrared links. Backpacks full of back-up transmitters. Cloak and dagger secrecy. Hundreds of pirate…

In today's Remainders: Empires. Apple tends to theirs at their annual shareholders meeting; Verizon reinforces their…

For sysadmins with an ache for the open road, these Ford E350 4x4 vans, complete with telescoping 35-foot mast, are…

Traditional copper antennas are rigid yet delicate. And in the age when almost every gadget we use requires some…

The New York Times has some options to improve the sad situation of current cell carrier coverage in some areas of…

At first glance I jumped with joy over this project. Living in Kansas usually means a pretty weak cell signal unless…

By Brendan I. Koerner